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Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 280 287 271 287 325 353 343 308 331 302
  Science and engineering 199 212 206 212 234 236 244 210 210 199
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 19 20 26 15 29 19 31 16 20 14
      Agricultural sciences 16 18 23 11 22 17 26 12 17 13
      Natural resources and conservation 3 2 3 4 7 2 5 4 3 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 37 44 36 47 51 44 52 45 45 43
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 8 6 5 9 9 6 10 8 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 7 2 6 3 2 4 3 4 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 4 6 9 5 2 3 3 1 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 1 4 2 3 3 1 6 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 5 . 3 2 2 1 7 6 4
      Genetics and genomics 2 1 4 1 3 . . 3 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 6 7 5 6 8 9 9 3 7 4
      Molecular biology 3 . . 2 2 1 1 2 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 5 3 1 5 3 6 3 5 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 1 4 3 5 6 6 4 2 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 4 4 7 6 7 11 5 3 3
    Computer and information sciences 15 21 8 11 7 12 11 7 6 8
      Computer science 10 19 7 10 4 10 7 3 5 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 2 1 1 3 2 4 4 1 .
    Engineering 27 31 57 45 35 49 45 31 36 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 2 1 . 2 . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 3 7 7 5 4 5 3 3 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 1 4 2 4 5 1 2 4 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 9 12 11 7 9 6 5 7 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 7 17 5 6 12 13 10 7 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 4 1 3 . 2 3 3 2 2
      Materials and mining engineering 2 1 1 2 . . 1 . 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 9 12 8 10 9 7 4 7
      Engineering, other 2 3 5 3 3 7 7 1 8 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 7 2 3 6 4 5 5 1 5
      Geological sciences 3 5 2 2 5 2 2 3 1 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 . 1 1 2 3 2 . 1
    Health sciences 9 13 11 14 7 17 12 13 9 8
      Nursing science 5 11 9 8 6 8 8 4 3 3
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Health sciences, other 3 2 2 6 1 8 4 9 6 5
    Mathematics and statistics 14 6 12 8 13 14 14 16 14 15
      Applied mathematics 1 . 2 1 . . 1 . . 2
      Mathematics 1 1 1 1 2 5 6 2 7 5
      Statistics 3 4 5 2 4 3 2 3 5 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 1 4 4 7 6 5 11 2 .
    Physical sciences 24 21 16 18 19 25 22 28 35 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 1 . 1 4 2 . . .
      Chemistry 16 14 11 10 12 11 16 23 25 14
      Physics 8 5 4 8 6 10 4 5 10 8
    Psychology 28 22 16 30 28 22 25 26 19 20
      Clinical psychology 6 4 6 3 6 4 5 4 4 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 11 . 7 3 4 3 8 5 8
      Research and experimental psychology 8 5 3 9 11 5 8 11 8 2
      Psychology, other 3 2 7 11 8 9 9 3 2 6
    Social sciences 21 27 22 21 39 30 27 23 25 28
      Anthropology . 4 1 2 1 4 1 6 3 4
      Economics 8 4 11 1 11 6 7 6 5 5
      Political science and government 3 5 2 7 7 6 7 7 9 6
      Public policy analysis 1 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 10 6 5 11 9 10 3 3 8
      Social sciences, other 3 2 2 5 9 4 2 1 4 4
  Non-science and engineering 81 75 65 75 91 117 99 98 121 103
    Business 9 7 4 10 10 7 6 13 10 13
      Business 9 7 4 10 10 7 6 13 10 13
    Education 30 27 27 24 31 35 38 32 46 40
      Education leadership and administration 2 7 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 2
      Education research 18 13 14 10 6 16 14 16 24 24
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 7 10 10 22 14 19 9 17 14
      Education, other 3 . . . . 1 . 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 17 17 19 27 30 38 27 27 33 32
      Letters 8 8 8 15 8 15 7 11 14 17
      Foreign languages and literature 3 3 2 . 5 1 3 4 3 2
      History 1 1 1 4 6 7 5 5 5 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 3 4
      Music and performing arts 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 6 4
      Humanities and arts, other 1 2 5 4 5 7 6 1 2 1
    Other non-science and engineering 25 24 15 14 20 37 28 26 32 18
      Communication 12 15 7 9 11 27 13 14 19 11
      Public administration and social services 6 4 4 3 3 6 4 4 2 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 5 4 2 6 4 11 8 11 3

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

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